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enFoodist and television personality Alton Brown brings his national culinary tour to Savannahhttp://www.blufftontoday.com/bluffton-news/2015-02-01/foodist-and-television-personality-alton-brown-brings-his-national-culinary
<p>When audience members arrive for “Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour” on Feb. 9 at the Johnny Mercer Theatre, they might be given a poncho — but it’s not a souvenir.</p>
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<p>“It’s a two-and-a-half hour culinary show with comedy, puppets and audience interaction,” Brown says. “I’m also playing songs that I think are pretty funny. </p>
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<p>When audience members arrive for "Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour" on Feb. 9 at the Johnny Mercer Theatre, they might be given a poncho - but it's not a souvenir.</p>
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<p>Zach Deputy may live in Savannah, but he plays here only once a year.</p>
<p>“That’s normal for me,” he says. “Most of my markets are once a year. Between Savannah and Hilton Head, that takes up the Lowcountry.”</p>
<p>Fortunately, that one time a year is just about due. Deputy is going to send out the old year and bring in the new from 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 3 a.m. Jan. 1 at Barrelhouse South. </p>
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<p>Zach Deputy may live in Savannah, but he plays here only once a year.<br />
"That's normal for me," he says. "Most of my markets are once a year. Between Savannah and Hilton Head, that takes up the Lowcountry.</p>
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</p><p><strong>P</strong>aula Deen is one busy lady these days.</p>
<p>In recent weeks, the Savannah chef and TV personality has overseen the launch of both her Bag Lady Foundation and a new line of products, Paula Deen Foods. She’s learned of plans for a museum dedicated to her that will be started in her hometown of Albany.</p>
<p>But all pale in comparison to the news that her son, Bobby Deen, a chef and TV personality in his own right, is engaged to marry Claudia Lovera. The wedding is set for Aug. 17. </p>
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<p>Paula Deen is one busy lady these days.<br />
In recent weeks, the Savannah chef and TV personality has overseen the launch of both her Bag Lady Foundation and a new line of products, Paula Deen Foods.</p>
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</p><p>On April 1, 2010, history was made at the Savannah Music Festival when the Tedeschi Trucks Band performed for the first time.</p>
<p>Three years and a Grammy win later, the rock/blues band is going strong.</p>
<p>“It’s been pretty non-stop,” says co-founder Derek Trucks, who formed the band with his wife, Susan Tedeschi.</p>
<p>“We’ve circled the globe a few times with the group, with stops in Japan and Australia,” he says. “We’ve just finished our third record. It’s been a great ride.”</p>
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<p>On April 1, 2010, history was made at the Savannah Music Festival when the Tedeschi Trucks Band performed for the first time.<br />
Three years and a Grammy win later, the rock/blues band is going strong.</p>
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</p><p><strong>A</strong>t 21, Sarah Jarosz is a seasoned professional.</p>
<p>“I think the first documented video of me singing is when I was two,” Jarosz says. “It’s something I’ve done all my life. </p>
<p>“When I took up the mandolin for the first time, there was no looking back,” she says. “I fell in love with it. Other instruments came along, as well as writing my own songs.”</p>
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"I think the first documented video of me singing is when I was two," Jarosz says. "It's something I've done all my life.</p>
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</p><p>In 1999, Bob and Lois Masteller opened The Jazz Corner on Hilton Head Island to revive live jazz music in the Lowcountry.</p>
<p>Recently, The Jazz Corner was voted one of the top jazz clubs in the entire world. But jazz cannot survive without musicians, so the Mastellers founded the nonprofit Junior Jazz Foundation.</p>
<p>“The foundation has been in existence for seven years, now going into eight years,” Masteller says. “In the early years, we always had two missions, one to support the schools and all the education endeavors in jazz and music.</p>
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<p>In 1999, Bob and Lois Masteller opened The Jazz Corner on Hilton Head Island to revive live jazz music in the Lowcountry.<br />
Recently, The Jazz Corner was voted one of the top jazz clubs in the entire world.</p>
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</p><p>It’s a wrap.</p>
<p>On Saturday, the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival came to an end. “What a fantastic week, fantastic guests, fantastic films, fantastic enthusiasm,” said Danny Filson, the festival’s executive director.</p>
<p>Those who can’t bear to see the festival close, take heart. Passes for the 2013 festival, which will run Oct. 26 through Nov. 2, go on sale Dec. 3.</p>
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<p>It's a wrap.<br />
On Saturday, the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival came to an end. "What a fantastic week, fantastic guests, fantastic films, fantastic enthusiasm," said Danny Filson, the festival's executive director.</p>
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</p><p>Matt Dillon was the star of the show, but he wasn’t the only one receiving special recognition Friday at the Savannah Film Festival.</p>
<p>Before presenting Dillon with his Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award, Savannah College of Art and Design President Paula Wallace recognized some other folks — the festival’s executive director Danny Filson; managing director Len Cripe; director of operations Christina Routhier; professor of film and television Michael Chaney; and chair of the film and television department Chris Auer. </p>
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<p>Matt Dillon was the star of the show, but he wasn't the only one receiving special recognition Friday at the Savannah Film Festival.</p>
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</p><p>It was anything but business as usual when Diane Lane was presented the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award Thursday at the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival. </p>
<p>She was gracious and grateful during her acceptance speech, but at the end, Lane said she was in a bit of a hurry. “I’m so excited to see Matt Dillon again,” she said of her three-time co-star and fellow honoree. “We’re having a reunion, so I have to run!”</p>
<p>The award was presented to Lane by Dr. Taras Danyluk, chair of the Savannah College of Art and Design Board of Trustees. </p>
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<p>It was anything but business as usual when Diane Lane was presented the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award Thursday at the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival.</p>
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</p><p>Actress Gabourey Sidibe came to the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival just because she wanted to check it out.</p>
<p>“I really love Savannah,” Sidibe said Monday. “Everyone here is so friendly.”</p>
<p>The Savannah College of Art and Design has impressed Sidibe, who has been visiting departments and classes since her arrival Saturday. “I got to do a master class,” she said. </p>
<p>“I did a question-and-answer session and got to meet the performing arts students. I didn’t go to arts school, and I always wish I had followed my dream. It’s nice to see people who are doing that.”</p>
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<p>Actress Gabourey Sidibe came to the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival just because she wanted to check it out.<br />
"I really love Savannah," Sidibe said Monday. "Everyone here is so friendly.</p>
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</p><p>Christy Turlington Burns is best known for her career as a supermodel.</p>
<p>Her face has graced innumerable magazine covers, and for 20 years, Turlington Burns was the image of Calvin Klein. What is not as well known is that behind the camera, she is a philanthropist and activist determined to make life better for others.</p>
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<p>Christy Turlington Burns is best known for her career as a supermodel.<br />
Her face has graced innumerable magazine covers, and for 20 years, Turlington Burns was the image of Calvin Klein.</p>
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<p><strong>ACTOR GOODMAN, WRITER GATINS HONORED</strong></p>
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</p><p>The few people left waiting outside Trustees Theater on Sunday night were rewarded for their patience by the sight of actor John Goodman crossing Broughton Street and heading their way.</p>
<p>“Good evening, sports fans,” Goodman said as he cut through the line to be ushered through a side door into the theater. </p>
<p>It wasn’t just a chance encounter. Goodman was on hand to receive the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award, presented by Savannah College of Art and Design President Paula Wallace.</p>
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<p>The few people left waiting outside Trustees Theater on Sunday night were rewarded for their patience by the sight of actor John Goodman crossing Broughton Street and heading their way.</p>
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</p><p>Actors Matt Dillon, Diane Lane and Michelle Monaghan and writer/director Geoffrey Fletcher will receive awards at the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival, organizers announced today. </p>
<p>Actor James Gandolfini of “The Sopranos” fame and Christy Turlington Burns, a film director and former supermodel best known for representing Calvin Klein from 1987 to 2007, also will attend. </p>
<p>Gandolfini will be in Savannah to support his film “Violet &amp; Daisy,” which was written by Fletcher.</p>
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<p>Actors Matt Dillon, Diane Lane and Michelle Monaghan and writer/director Geoffrey Fletcher will receive awards at the 15th annual Savannah Film Festival, organizers announced today.</p>
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</p><p>Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks never wanted to do anything but write.</p>
<p>“I wanted to be a newspaper reporter from a very early age — about eight, I think,” Brooks says. “I wrote little bits and pieces for school magazines and so forth, but I didn’t start writing professionally ‘till the end of my college years, when I started freelancing for the local Sydney newspapers.”</p>
<p>From an early age, she received praise and support. </p>
<p>“I got positive feedback as a kid, winning contests and so forth,” she says. “And my mom was my biggest fan.”</p>
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<p>Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks never wanted to do anything but write.<br />
"I wanted to be a newspaper reporter from a very early age - about eight, I think," Brooks says.</p>
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</p><p>Mama may know best, but that doesn&#8217;t mean her children can&#8217;t come up with their own ways of doing things.</p>
<p>But when the subject is cooking and the mama in question is Paula Deen, the situation becomes a little sticky. That&#8217;s why every dish prepared on the Cooking Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Not My Mama&#8217;s Meals,&#8221; hosted by Bobby Deen, must be tasted and approved by Mama first. </p>
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<p>Mama may know best, but that doesn't mean her children can't come up with their own ways of doing things.<br />
But when the subject is cooking and the mama in question is Paula Deen, the situation becomes a little sticky.</p>
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